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The Gospels, Acts of the Apostles etc. (New Testament)


New Testament



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The Apostle Saint Paul with halo, a book               
in his left hand, right hand on breast.                
Bronze plaque                                          
Length: 4.1 cm
#15010268

The Apostle Saint Paul with halo, a book in his left hand, right...

Christ and Saint Paul seated.                          
Inscription: PAUSUS CRITSUS                            
Gilded glass, fragment                                 
Size: 9.3 x 5.3 cm
#15010270

Christ and Saint Paul seated. Inscription: PAUSUS CRIT...

Saint Paul, holding a book, standing                   
under an arcade decorated with a shell.                
Detail from a book cover.                              
Ivory plaque
#15010317

Saint Paul, holding a book, standing under an arcade decorate...

Saint Paul with a book and Saint Thecla.               
Detail from Saints Paul and Thecla and                 
the Stoning of Saint Paul (15-01-03/30).               
Carved ivory tablet
#15010329

Saint Paul with a book and Saint Thecla. Detail from Saints Paul...

According to the Acts of Paul and Thecla, Thecla was a young noble virgin who listened to Paul's "discourse on virginity" and became Paul's follower and a Disciple of Paul's teachings and Ministry. Thecla's mother and her fiancé Thamyris became concerned Thecla would follow Paul's demand "one must fear only one God and live in chastity," and punished both Paul and Thecla.
Thecla was miraculously saved from burning at the stake by the onset of a storm and traveled with Paul to Pisidian Antioch. 
Right: The Stoning of Saint Paul
#15010330

According to the Acts of Paul and Thecla, Thecla was a young noble virgin who li...

The Stoning of Saint Paul.                             
Detail from 15-01-03/30                                
Carved ivory tablet
#15010331

The Stoning of Saint Paul. Detail from 15-01-03/30...

Saint Paul standing under an arch                      
holding a slip of inscribed phylactery,                
from Echternach, Germany.                              
Carved ivory tablet
#15010332

Saint Paul standing under an arch holding a slip of inscri...

Saint Paul on a cover of a reliquary.                  
Bronze
#15010333

Saint Paul on a cover of a reliquary. Bronze

Saint Paul on a panel from a bronze reliquary.
#15010334

Saint Paul on a panel from a bronze reliquary.

Saint Paul and the serpent                             
(The Miracle of Malta)                                 
Fresco
#15010335

Saint Paul and the serpent (The Miracle of Malta)...

The Verdun Altar.  Left: Christ's Ascension;           
below: Ascension of Eliah; right: Pentecost;           
below: Moses on Mount Sinai.                           
Enamel plaque in champsleve technique on               
gilded copper (begun 1181)
#15010448

The Verdun Altar. Left: Christ's Ascension; below: Ascension of Elia...

The Pentecost-window in Regensburg. Around 1270
#15010555

The Pentecost-window in Regensburg. Around 1270